Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Conflict theorists would argue that poverty is functional in the U.S. system.
2. The social definitions of race and ethnicity affect a person's place and status in a stratification system.
3. The term racial group is used to describe a group that is set apart from others because of obvious cultural distinctions.
4. In the view of sociologists, the total number of people in a group determines the group's status as either a social minority or dominant group.
5. The "one-drop rule" referred to Native Americans and stipulated that if a person had even a single drop of "Indian blood," that person was viewed as Indian.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE
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By the 1960s, a new generation of social-movement scholars
a. were sympathetic to protest movements of blacks and university students. b. viewed movements as irrational, retrograde, and destructive forces. c. interpreted contemporary movements as the result of a uniquely charismatic leader or a singular confluence of conditions. d. a, b, and c are all correct
The range (R) is found by subtracting the lowest from the highest score in the distribution. Therefore, R could NOT be found for
a. nominal level variables. b. discrete variables. c. ordinal level variables. d. continuous variables.
Identify a true statement about the feminization of poverty
A) Functionalists note that keeping salaries low for women keeps them dependent. B) Conflict theorists assert that women are in more powerful roles than men. C) Functionalists assert that keeping salaries low for women disrupts equilibrium in the family. D) Women have a decreased probability of feeling economic strain throughout life.
Collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper, as well as bad, undesirable, and improper, are known as
A. sanctions. B. values. C. folkways. D. mores.